Edmonton Block Heater is Vancouver, BC’s stalwart purveyor of New Wave Americana and a local secret too well kept. All the jangle and spank you’d expect from a power pop trio – big guitars, hooks, wit, harmonies and handclaps – but with a broader palette and bigger ambitions. Taking excursions into folk, country, R&B, and even Latin sounds, the band’s unpredictability stems from one simple goal: do what’s right for the song.

2011 marks the band’s return from an extended hiatus with the new album, “Mars, Massachusetts”. Building upon the foundations laid by their debut, "Get It All Out" (2005) EBH resurfaces with a mature, confident set of 14 songs guaranteed to rock the house Saturday night and tend to your hangover Sunday morning. The ferocity of “The Want And The Need” gives way to the Neil Young meets Neil Finn acoustic sparkle of “Lumberyard” and it to the 80’s-tinged pop bliss of “Kiss Me Kate” - that’s only three songs in. The band wanted an unpredictable record and they’ve delivered one. What unites it all is a commitment to song and album craftsmanship alike. “Mars, Massachusetts” is a record made to last.

EBH is Brendan Mooney (bass, vocals) Ross Smith (vocals, guitars, keys) and Paul Tansey (drums, vocals, mandolin, lap steel, accordion). Formed in the early 00's they have been a steady fixture on the Vancouver pop scene. Never quite in with the in-crowd, they've always been content to find their own way even if it's the hard way. "Get It All Out" was warmly received in 2005 on campus and public radio and the band took the album on the road throughout western Canada and the US over the next two years. 2007 saw them take on the role of punk misfits in a highly-acclaimed Vancouver production of "Hedwig and The Angry Inch" garnering rave reviews for their playing and acting alike. Paul grew his family, Brendan toured with renowned Celt-rockers, The Town Pants, and Ross kept writing, producing and engineering. All along, the band continued to develop new material and then finally got down to the hard work of finishing a new record. Now Edmonton Block Heater is back: older, wiser, raring to return to the world, hearts on sleeves and blood on strings... Vancouver's best kept secret no longer.